GRRReen, Inc. » Trends http://grrreen.com High performance power management systems Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:17:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Driving down the cost of driving http://grrreen.com/2009/04/driving-down-the-cost-of-driving/ http://grrreen.com/2009/04/driving-down-the-cost-of-driving/#comments Fri, 03 Apr 2009 21:39:30 +0000 Tom Stacey http://grrreen.com/?p=270 Here’s a graph from the Energy Information Administration (by way of Treehugger.com) that illustrates fuel savings achieved by a plug in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) as compared to a vehicle with an internal combustion engine over the life of  the vehicle.

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]]> http://grrreen.com/2009/04/driving-down-the-cost-of-driving/feed/ 0 Two Billion Cars… and very little corn ethanol http://grrreen.com/2009/02/two-billion-cars-and-very-little-corn-ethanol/ http://grrreen.com/2009/02/two-billion-cars-and-very-little-corn-ethanol/#comments Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:56:28 +0000 Tom Stacey http://grrreen.com/?p=190 Daniel Sperling, co-author of “Two Billion Cars: Driving Towards Sustainability” and a professor of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science and Policy at UC Davis, was a guest on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart earlier this week to discuss the role of governmental policy in changing our car culture. Clearly he’s no fan of corn ethanol.


]]> http://grrreen.com/2009/02/two-billion-cars-and-very-little-corn-ethanol/feed/ 0 Consumers to car-makers: “We’re not buying” http://grrreen.com/2009/02/consumers-to-carmakers-were-not-buying/ http://grrreen.com/2009/02/consumers-to-carmakers-were-not-buying/#comments Wed, 04 Feb 2009 23:33:12 +0000 Tom Stacey http://grrreen.com/?p=174 If markets are conversations, people around the world are world are making a major statement about the future of the internal combustion engine: Unsold cars are piling up so fast that there’s no room to park them.

Not around ports at least, which is why a growing number of cargo ships are now doing double duty as floating garages. cars_on_ship

Treehugger.com points to an article from the Financial Times detailing the trend.

Car manufacturers are increasingly using ships to store excess vehicles because ports’ parking areas have become overwhelmed by the build-up of unsold vehicles…

Some ports have run out of storage space as recently imported cars or vehicles awaiting export sit unsold following the sudden fall in demand.

What will happen to this huge inventory? Prices will have to fall.

Do you think some of these vehicles could regain value by being converted to more fuel-efficient plug-in hybrids?

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